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Creative Measures of the Anthropocene

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The introductory chapter sets out the notion of the Anthropocene, offering a broad overview of how it has been conceptualised within cultural geography, arts, humanities, and social sciences. The chapter explores how local and global scales and boundaries are re-positioned through movement and mobility, which in turn increases the need for attention to the way that humans interact with each other and the world. It brings the key methods and inquiries of the book into focus using them to explore this significant epoch of changes: art practice, mobility, and participatory geographies. The notion of “creative measures” is introduced as a way to recognise and counteract the precariousness of living in a world or multiple, unstable, and shifting measures are in need of a process by which to move through and adapt to this unstable ground.

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  1. Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia

    Kaya Barry

  2. School of Communication and Creative Arts, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC, Australia

    Jondi Keane

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Barry, K., Keane, J. (2019). Measure and Method. In: Creative Measures of the Anthropocene. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9648-9_1

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